Passenger-supporting strap.



No. 729,696. PATENTED JUNE 2, 1903-.

J. P. SWIFT.

PASSENGER SUPPORTING STRAP.

I APPLICATION I IFLED MAR. 26, 1903.

NOIMODEL.

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V UNITED S Patented ate 2, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN P. SWIFT, OF PAWTUOKET, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO SAMUEL M. CONANT,OF CENTRAL FALLS, RHODE ISLAND.

PASSENGER-SUPPORTING STRAP.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 729,696, datedtTuneB,1903. Application filed March 26,1903. Serial No. 149,606. (No model.)

To rtZZ whom izivntty concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN P. SWIFT, a citizen of the United StatesofAmerica, and a resident of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Passenger-Supporting Straps, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in passenger-supporting straps forelectric cars and other vehicles; and the purpose of my invention is toprovide a strap adapted to the use of persons of different heightswithout adjustment or change of the strap itself and which at the sametime can be readily removed from the supporting-bar on which it is hung.I accomplish thispurpose by the device shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of thesupporting-bar from which the strap is suspended and the strap itselfwith its attachments; Figs. 2 and 3, the details of the strap, showingthe method of removing the same from its supporting-bar.

The same parts are designated by the same letters throughout the severalviews.

In Fig. 1, B is the supporting bar, attached to the roof or side of thecar in the usual manner. Ais the strap, having loops at a (t for theadmission of the hand of the passenger, as shown. 0 is a wire clipinclosing the strap, as shown. I) b are checks or stops fixed to thefabric of the strap itself by means of the rivets 17 Z). The loops caare formed by turning up the extremities of the strap and sewing thesame, as, at ct 64, although the ends may also be secured by any othersuitable means. The stops 1) b admit of the loops at a being adjusted soas to accommodate persons of different heights, and this result isaccomplished by the respective location of the stops 1312 with referenceto the loops a a If the two stops 619 are equally distant from theirrespective loops a 9 then said loops a a would by the weight of apassenger stop at an equal distancefromthe rod B; but by placing onestop 19 in close proximity to the loop a? and the other stop b severalinches away from its loop a. then the loop a may be drawn down aconsiderable way farther than the loop a thus accommodating a passengerof shorter stature. The two loops are limited in their reach by thestops b U bringing up against the clip a, the fit of this clip beingsuch that the strap A slides easily through it.

The strap A maybe readily removed from the supportiugbar B, as shown inFigs. 2 and 3. The removal is accomplished as follows: The strap A istwisted over upon itself, so that the stop I) is in approximately avertical position, or at right angles to the clip 0, as shown in Figf2.The opening through the clip 0 is such as to allow the stop Z) to passthrough it when in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the dotted linesin Fig. 2 showing the stop I) after insertion into the clip. After I) isonce inserted into the clip 0 the strap is easily removed by pullingupward the member of the strap having the stop thereon, the loops at anda being capable of passing easily through the clip 0, as shown in Fig.3.

My device may be made of leather or any other flexible and strongmaterial; but I prefer to construct the same of cotton webbing,so thatit may be readily removed and cleansed,

. thus providing a more sanitary arrangement than is found in theordinary leather passenger-strap.

Any desired adjustment may be obtained by my device by shifting therespective locaboth members .of said strap immediately below saidlrod,and stops fixed one upon each 5 member of said strap below said clip andat unequal distances from the ends of said straps, substantially asdescribed for the purpose specified.

2. Apassenger-supporting strap consisting 10o of a supporting-bar incombination with a strap encircling the same, said strap having a loopat each end thereof; a clip loosely en- I audat unequal distances fromthe ends of said clasping both members of said strap immediately belowsaid rod, and stops fixed one upon each member of said strap below saidclip and at unequal distances from said loops, substantially asdescribed for the purpose specified.

3. In a passenger-supporting strap the combination of a supporting-bar;a strap encircling the same; a clip loosely enclasping both members ofsaid strap; and stops fixed one on each member of said strap below saidclips strap; said strap being removable from the supporting-bar bypassing either end thereof I with its stop through said clip,substantially as set forth.

Signed at Pawtucket this 21st day of March, 1903.

JOHN P. SWIFT.

Witnesses:

RosooE M. DEXTER, FLORENCE E. BATES.

